Today on Bliss, Anoushka Gupta shows us how the Nooks of Project DEFY as alternative learning spaces are helping challenge colonial educational practices and are fostering inclusion.

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#inclusion #education #learning #decolonize

Heavy cargo ship hit and damaged two small local boats carrying local goods (watermelons) in Sahibganj, Jharkhand.

Indication that immediate steps are required for emerging safety issues on waterways?

IWAI

#GangaWaterway ?

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Jaw-dropping data about inequality points to distress on the ground. The glaring cleavage betwn the distressed and the dazzling, a wafer-thin minority among the super-rich, however, hasnt translated in2 a potent political issue as India heads for elections
I explore why.

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🔋 'Enough success stories already exist for countries to learn from and act to fund their renewable futures without delay.'

🔎Researcher at IEEFA South Asia, Shantanu Srivastava, shares his views on how to unlock clean energy in South and Southeast Asia:
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“हमने अपने जंगलों, अपनी पृथ्वी और अपनी आजीविका को बचाने के लिए चिपको आंदोलन शुरू किया। यह हमारा मायका है। हमने जंगल में अपने दुखों को साझा किया। जब तक जंगल हमारा था, तब तक सब ठीक था। जब वन विभाग ने जंगल की रखवाली शुरू की, तो चीजें बदल गईं।”Sarvodaya Press Service Ramachandra Guha

🌊 'As climate change accelerates the water cycle and leads to rises in sea levels, local solutions may be key to successful adaptation.'

✍️ In his recent analysis, Joydeep Gupta explains why Himalayan countries must focus on what works for adaptation:
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🌱 With a huge gap between the funds needed for adaptation and funds actually provided, the countries of the Himalayan region need to look at each other for lessons on what works for adaptation, and what does not, says Joydeep Gupta.

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Thrilled to have my column ( South by Southeast) on the same page today as Ajit Ranade .

The deadline to submit applications for story grants under the Renewable Energy in India project of the Earth Journalism Network Earth Journalism Network has been extended to March 5 in response to last-day requests. Here's the page with the application link: earthjournalism.net/opportunities/…

Kashmir avalanche: What is the link with climate change?

As the latest avalanche shows, long dry spells and higher temperatures are making the Himalayan region of Kashmir far more disaster-prone.

✍️ Auqib Javeed

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Learn more:
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'Restarting a knowledge sharing platform across South Asia would be a useful first step in acknowledging and addressing transboundary air pollution,' Bhargav Krishna in Free Press Journal report by  @Patralekha2011 পত্রলেখা চ্যাটার্জী. freepressjournal.in/analysis/south…

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Those interested in listening to a discussion on tunnelling-related issues in Uttarakhand, do consider joining this Twitter Spaces event at 6pm today. चर्चा Joydeep Gupta और मेरे बीच होगी, और हिंदी में होगी।
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भारतात अक्षय - नूतनीकरणक्षम ऊर्जेबद्दल (रिन्युएबल एनर्जी ) जागरूकता निर्माण करण्यासाठी माहितीची निर्मिती व प्रसार वितरण करण्यासाठी प्रस्ताव मागवण्यात येत आहेत. अंतिम मुदत: २९ फेब्रुवारी २०२४, रात्री ११.५९ (भारतीय वेळ)
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As the elections inch closer, we are inundated with observations about who is joining which party, which party will get how many seats etc . What is missing, however, from the dominant discourse, are many issues which affect the everyday lives of ordinary Indians.
My take

“Has the government [ever] asked how animals have survived in these forests?” says Hamza, highlighting the states’ failure to recognise the contribution Van Gujjars have made to local conservation. thethirdpole.net/en/nature/van-… via The Third Pole by the brilliant Sushmita

📢 ट्विटर स्पेस !

🏗️ हम करेंगे चर्चा उत्तराखंड और हिमालयी राज्यों में बढ़ते सुरंग संबंधी आपदाओं पर।

22 फरवरी शाम 6 बजे हमारे साथ जुड़ रहे हैं:

🎙️Joydeep Gupta
🎙️Kavita Upadhyay
🎙️Shalinee Kumari

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